ataxic gait an unsteady, uncoordinated walk, with a wide base and the feet thrown out, coming down first on the heel and then on the toes with a double tap. double-step gait a gait in which there is a noticeable difference in the length or timing of alternate steps.
Free agency began in the NFL in 1947. Before that, clubs were able to use the reserve rule, which was made more famous by baseball and the men who crushed it: Curt Flood and Marvin Miller.
edit Brief History of the NFL, AFC, and NFC. The AFC and NFC were both created in 1970, during the merger of two football leagues, the American Football League and the National Football League. The NFL has existed since 1920, but the AFL was only established in 1959 by a group of expansion team owners who had been refused entrance into the NFL.